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Wulfenite & Calcite

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Wulfenite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Mežica Mines, Mežica, Carinthia Region, Slovenia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 4.7 × 1.9 cm
Description

Characteristic wulfenite from Mežica, with an intense resinous lustre and slightly curved prism faces. The colour is orange at the centre and progresses to orange-yellow to the ends. Some areas are richly covered by snow white calcite. Classic European locality!.

Found in 1997. Ex. J.Muizebelt specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wulfenite

Formula: 
Pb(MoO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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